If a man redeems ¹  part of his tithe, however, he must add one fifth to it. ² 

“Find Jeremiah ¹  and look out for him. ²  Do not do anything to harm him, ³  but do with him whatever he tells you.”

¹  No ²  one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, ‘The old is good enough.’” ³ 

For this is God’s will: that you become holy, ¹  that you keep away from sexual immorality,

This saying ¹  is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, ²  he desires a good work.”

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, ¹  than for doing evil.

“When a foreigner lives ¹  with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised, ²  and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land ³  – but no uncircumcised person may eat of it.

This man, Jeconiah, will be like a broken pot someone threw away. He will be like a clay vessel ¹  that no one wants. ²  Why will he and his children be forced into exile? Why will they be thrown out into a country they know nothing about? ³ 

On all the housetops in Moab and in all its public squares there will be nothing but mourning. For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar. I, the Lord, affirm it! ¹ 

For whoever wants to save his life ¹  will lose it, ²  but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

For whoever wants to save his life ¹  will lose it, ²  but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, ¹  but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

That ¹  servant who knew his master’s will but did not get ready or do what his master asked ²  will receive a severe beating.

For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t sit down ¹  first and compute the cost ²  to see if he has enough money to complete it?

For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself ¹  does anything in secret. ²  If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.”

If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

Then they said, “We’ll call the girl and find out what she wants to do.” ¹ 

then let my wife turn the millstone ¹  for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her. ² 

Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases! ¹ 

The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my beloved’s, and he desires me! ¹